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" And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail,... "
Links in the Chain; Or, Popular Chapters on the Curiosities of Animal Life - Page 73
by George Kearley - 1862 - 295 pages
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

1802 - 302 pages
...polish'd manners and line sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path ; 565 But he that has humanity, forewam'd. Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 420 pages
...polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility.ythe man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path ; But be that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin,...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 424 pages
...polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility,) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin,...
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The Universal Magazine, Volume 4

1805 - 622 pages
...polish'd manners and fine, sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forcwarn'd, Will tread aside, and let tile reptile live. The creeping vermin,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man, . , • Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin,...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...polished manners and fine sense? Yet wanting sensibility) the man, Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility,) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm, An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forwarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin...
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The Monthly repository (and review)., Volume 10

1815 - 876 pages
...tine sen^r, Yf-t wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An insdvritt'iit step may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forwarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. — — — —...
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The Naturalist's Pocket-book: Or Tourist's Companion, Being a Brief ...

George Graves - 1817 - 380 pages
...its use, for as Cowper justly says, An ioadvertant step may crush the Snail, That crawls at eren'g in the public path; Yet, he that has humanity forewarned, Will step aside, and let the reptile live. For they are all the meanest things that are, As free to lire and to enjoy that life, As God was free...
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Anecdotes of Remarkable Insects: Selected from Natural History, and ...

Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 pages
...polished manners and fine ssnse, Yet wanting sensibility) the man, Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin,...
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